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The final meeting of JPI Oceans Joint Action on ‘Ecological Aspects of Microplastics’ was held in Galway on 14-15 September, as previously reported on Afloat.ie. During the two-day event hosted by the Marine Institute, research teams from the six funded…

Waterways Ireland advises masters and owners of vessels on the Grand Canal that culvert replacement works will be commencing on the summit level from Thursday 2 November. These works — some 450 metres east of Lock 19 in Lowtown, Co…

Waterways Ireland wishes to remind all masters and owners of vessels on the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and Barrow Navigation that all canal permits expire on Wednesday 1 November and must be renewed. Permits can be renewed online at the…

The Department of Transport has been advised of the deployment of a metocean data buoy by University College Dublin west of Inishmaan, some 6.6 nautical miles off Eeragh Lighthouse on Rock Island. This deployment is scheduled to take place from…

New Zealand bounced back from its enforced racing hiatus by picking up two race wins and ending Cadiz’s practice racing at the top of the leaderboard, tied on points with ROCKWOOL DEN. The result comes the day before the Spanish…

Decreasing fleet numbers this season is 'the elephant in the room', according to a Dublin yacht racing organiser who wants to raise his concerns before the 2024 season. Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) Chairman Peter Ryan has asked fleet…

Three Irish aquatech companies at the forefront of sustainable seafood farming have been named as finalists for the inagurual BIM Aquatech Business of the Year award. The winning company will be announced at the “Aquatech – Ireland’s Global Opportunity” conference in…

Construction work to upgrade Rosslare Europort Terminal 7 has been welcomed as “critically important “ by the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) Patrick O’Donovan. As Afloat reported earlier, John Paul Construction was awarded…

The tenth edition of the non-stop, non-assisted, single-handed round-the-world Vendee Globe race has set a new record with 44 skippers applying. There are a number of newcomers, the 18 'rookies'. The youngest skipper, Violette Dorange, is just 22! She is…

Squib National Champions Gordon Patterson and Ross Nolan from Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough are among 33 class entries that will compete this weekend at Lough Derg Yacht Club's Freshwater Keelboat Regatta in County Tipperary. Other entries…

The Notice of Race is now available for the fifth edition of the Drheam Cup, which will take place from 11-21 July 2024. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the competition’s three courses will be identical to the previous edition’s, between…

New infrastructure works at Rosslare Europort have started so to enable handling post-Brexit checks on goods in bound to the country from those outside of the EU. The works at the strategically located port in Co. Wexford will as RTE…

Dr Colm Lordan, an Irish marine scientist with over 25 years of experience at the Marine Institute and involvement with the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) since 1993, has been appointed as the new Chair of the…

The deepest container ship terminal in Scotland, at the Port of Greenock (Clydeport) has welcomed the largest container vessel ever to berth at the facility. The port which recently won a Green champion award, hosted the 300m long MSC Magnum…

Dublin Port Company has received the final grant of planning permission for its innovative Liffey-Tolka Project. The project will establish a new and transformative public space featuring a dedicated 1.4km cycle and pedestrian path connecting the River Liffey with the…

In the 1250-mile Trans-Tasman Sydney-Auckland Race, which started last Saturday, the "Irish boat", Mike Martin's TP 52 Frantic (ex-Eamonn Conneelly's Patches, with Clontarf's Trevor Smyth on the strength) is looking good. Four of the five competitors elected to go to…

Shipyard Harland & Wolff along with Navantia UK and BMT which formed the consortium, Team Resolute, have encouraged businesses in the United Kingdom, in particular SMEs, to get involved in the £1.6 billion contract from the UK Ministry of Defence…

Bremore Ireland Port has unveiled its vision for what it says “will become the first new deepwater port development since the foundation of the Irish State.” The ‘Vision for Bremore Ireland Port’ developed by Henning Larsen,’ a leading global architecture…

Coastal tourism could be “revolutionised” by a new EU-funded project to improve the digital capabilities of the blue economy on the Atlantic seaboard, the Western Development Commission (WDC) says. The WDC has announced details of the Digital Innovation in the…

Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Saskia Tidey will make her third Olympic Games appearance in 2024 after being named as one of ten sailors for Team GB. Returning for another tilt at Olympic glory is Saskia Tidey, who, with two previous Olympic…